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Auction: 16002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 26

Three: Sergeant Mechanic W.J. Bridges, Royal Flying Corps
1914 Star, with Bar (726 1/A.M. W.J. Bridges. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (726. Sgt. W.J. Bridges. R.A.F.), generally good very fine or better, with the recipient's Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (William John Bridges), this with remnants of solder on reverse added for mounting purposes (3)

726 Sergeant William John Bridges, born Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire; prior to the Great War served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; joined the Royal Flying Corps as 2/A.M., 31.5.1913; served with No.4 Squadron, Mauberge, France, from August 1914; promoted Corporal 1.9.1915; served as Sergeant with No.8 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron, from October 1915; promoted Sergeant Mechanic, April 1918; died of disease whilst serving in Salonika, 30.11.1918, and is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.

Provenance: Arthur Jones Collection, Spink, November 2012

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